Chapter 43: Revisiting (2)
As soon as Mrs. Ning and Ning Xia Qing entered the house, Mrs. Gu walked out with the help of the maid while holding her sideburns that seemed to have just been combed, and took Mrs. Ning's hand affectionately, and said, "Old sister, I was thinking about you, so you came." ”
Old Mrs. Ning also shook her hand back, said a few polite words, and then asked with some concern: "You seem to be a lot haggard, but what is uncomfortable about your body?" ”
Old Lady Gu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "...... Yes, yes...... It's the back is uncomfortable, so I don't have much energy......"
Mrs. Ning sighed: "Alas, it turns out that you are not feeling well, but I came unfortunate and disturbed your rest." ”
Old Lady Gu hurriedly said, "It's okay, I feel a lot more happy when I see the old sister." ”
Mrs. Ning made it clear that she meant: "Actually, it was the family who went to Nanmu Temple these days and brought sandalwood back from Nanmu Temple, I remembered what happened when I was a child, so I took sandalwood to see you." Qing'er, send Sandalwood over quickly. ”
Ningxia Qingqing clearly saw that after hearing the words "Nanmu Temple", Mrs. Gu's expression changed significantly.
Ning Xia Qing held the small box in front of Mrs. Gu's eyes, and said with a smile: "This is brought back from Nanmu Temple, it's not a precious thing, and I hope Grandma Gu will accept it." ”
Old Mrs. Gu came back to her senses, and hurriedly asked the maid to put away the sandalwood, invited Mrs. Ning and Ning Xia Qing to take a seat, and then asked carefully: "You went to Nanmu Temple?" ”
Old Mrs. Ning waved her hand again and again: "No, no." It was Qing'er, this girl, who had to pester me and asked me to send someone to Nanmu Temple to ask for blessings from the Buddha, so I sent a guy to run. ”
Ning Ningqing said from the side: "Actually, a few days ago, I went out to buy something, and I met Shen Gongzi, and I heard Shen Gongzi say that the sandalwood in Nanmu Temple is a good thing, so I thought, just let the guy go to burn incense and pray for blessings, and ask for some to come back by the way." ”
Old Lady Gu's expression changed: "You...... Have you seen the child of the Shen family? ”
Ning Xia Qing glanced up at Old Lady Gu, but did not speak.
At this moment, the maid of the Gu family happened to come to serve tea. Taking advantage of the maid blocking Mrs. Ning's sight, Ning Xia Qing deliberately showed an embarrassed and sad expression, and Mrs. Gu saw this expression clearly.
After the maid retreated, Ning Xia Qing picked up the handkerchief to cover her mouth, and sighed lightly: "I didn't say anything important......
Seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, Old Lady Gu's face turned white.
What a sensitive existence the Nanhu area is at this time! Ning Xia Qing sent people to Nanmu Temple at this time, which was simply stepping on the tight heartstrings of Old Lady Gu, and Old Lady Gu would definitely think that Ning Xia Qing heard about Gu Yimeng from Shen Zhiyuan.
Ning Xia Qing smiled secretly in her heart. She didn't lie, she did see Shen Zhiyuan. learned about Shen Zhiyuan's whereabouts from Zhao Xiang'e, and then pretended to meet by chance, chatted with Shen Zhiyuan for a few words, and she also casually talked to the Gu family.
Now she aroused the suspicion of Old Lady Gu. Anyway, because of the loss of the jade pendant, Old Lady Gu had already left a reckless impression on Shen Zhiyuan. Old Mrs. Gu would definitely think that with Shen Zhiyuan's temperament, even if she slipped her mouth in front of Ning Ningqing, it was not impossible.
Once such a conjecture is formed, even if in the future, Mrs. Gu confronts Mrs. Shen, even if Mrs. Shen says so, when Mrs. Gu hears such a conversation, she will only feel that with Mrs. Shen's slippery character, she must have hidden the place where she said it.
In fact, the reason why she dared to play this trick was also because she was sure that Mrs. Ning would not inadvertently dismantle her stage. The Ning family was already troubled by the Shen family's resignation, and now that she wanted to mention Shen Zhiyuan again and again, Mrs. Ning must have thought that she was sad about the Shen family, so she would not ask more, besides, this is in the Gu Mansion, and Mrs. Ning will not publicize the ugly matter of her family's resignation, so naturally she can not mention it.
Old Mrs. Gu lowered her head, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, seemed to be thinking about something, then raised her head and said to Mrs. Ning: "Qing'er is such a good child, it's a pity, it's a pity that someone else's house has been booked, if you can enter the door of the Gu family, it will really be a blessing for our Gu family." ”
Ning Ningqing was stunned, what does Mrs. Gu mean by this, why did she mention this? Could it be that Mrs. Gu was hinting to her that she would not make a big fuss and would let her marry into the Gu family to compensate her?
Before she could figure out what Old Lady Gu meant, Old Lady Ning immediately said a little coldly: "The Ning family is not as good as the Gu family, it's just a small family. ”
Old Lady Gu's face tightened again.
Seeing this, Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but want to laugh again. She knew that Mrs. Gu had misunderstood.
Mrs. Ning meant that the Ning family was a small family and could not climb the high branches of the Gu family, and Mrs. Gu repeatedly made such jokes, which made her feel like making fun of the Ning family, which made Mrs. Ning a little unhappy.
But Mrs. Gu misunderstood, Mrs. Gu thought that Mrs. Ning meant that the Ning family was not as good as the Gu family, so the Shen family chose the Gu family. This is also because Old Lady Gu is now a thief, so she thinks about the Shen family in everything.
Seeing that Mrs. Gu didn't speak, Mrs. Ning said, "Why didn't I see your daughters-in-law today?" ”
Mrs. Gu was stunned again, and then said, "Alas, it has been raining for several days in a row, and they are all staying in their yards." We old sisters talked, and I didn't like them to be noisy around me, so I didn't call them. ”
Old Mrs. Ning nodded and gossiped: "Speaking of which, your third and fourth daughters-in-law are quite young, they should have been married for a few years, right?" It's your second daughter-in-law, on the day of your birthday banquet, I saw that she took care of the affairs of the family house in an orderly manner, and treated people and things in all aspects, she was really a good daughter-in-law trained by you! ”
Old Lady Gu glanced at Old Lady Ning, as if she was distinguishing Old Lady Ning's expression, and then looked away, not daring to look at it again.
Ning Ningqing didn't say a word, just lowered his head and drank tea, feeling that this scene was really interesting. Mrs. Ning just casually mentioned Grandma Gu's second grandmother, and flattered her, "It's really a good daughter-in-law you trained", which was enough for Mrs. Gu to think about it for a long time.
Mrs. Gu thought for a while, then diverted the topic as if nothing had happened, and said to Mrs. Ning: "Actually, your daughter-in-law is also very good, when I saw her in the past, I thought she was outstanding in appearance, virtuous and kind, and very filial to you." ”
Mrs. Ning sighed with emotion: "Alas, my daughter-in-law is indeed filial. It's a pity that after so many years, I haven't been able to give birth to a grandchild. ”
Mrs. Ning frowned and recalled: "Speaking of which, when she was pregnant with her first child, alas...... It's also to blame that I didn't take care of it, and if I didn't pay attention to one of them, the child fell off...... In fact, if that child were still there, maybe by now, I would even have my great-grandson in my arms! ”
Old Lady Gu's eyes were a little frightened, and then she hurriedly pretended to look away naturally.
Ning Ningqing still lowered his head to drink tea, but he felt in his heart that Jiang was still old and spicy, and his grandmother was really amazing! Although he didn't know anything about Gu Yimeng, every word could pierce Mrs. Gu's heart, what "the child fell off" and "even hugged the great-grandson", it was enough for Mrs. Gu to chuckle a few times in her heart!
Old Mrs. Gu hung her head, didn't speak for a long time, and finally waved her hand helplessly, and drove out the room full of maids and women, and didn't dare to look up at Old Mrs. Ning, and said helplessly: "Old sister, it's actually ......."
Ning Xia Qing suddenly stood up and asked, "Is Grandma Gu very uncomfortable?" ”
The interrupted old lady Gu was stunned: "Huh? ”
"I see that Grandma Gu has been looking wrong, is her back still hurting?"
As soon as Mrs. Ning heard this, she immediately stood up and said, "Alas, it's all my fault, you are not in good health, and I will disturb you." I look at you as if you're a lot haggard, you rest, I'll be back. ”
Old Lady Gu's mouth moved, but she still didn't speak in the end.
Ning Xia Qing knew that Old Lady Gu was just suspicious at this time, and she was not sure whether the Ning family knew about Gu Yimeng, so Old Lady Gu wanted to have a good talk with the Ning family, but she was also afraid that if the Ning family didn't know, she would poke this matter out again.
Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Ning politely said a few words to each other, Mrs. Ning told Mrs. Gu to pay attention to her body in every possible way, and Mrs. Gu, who was in a trance, repeatedly said that the hospitality was not good, and she would come back another day, and the two old men broke up.
Mrs. Ning and Ningxia Qing walked out, Mrs. Gu sent a few steps, Ningxia Qing suddenly let go of Mrs. Ning's hand, went to help Mrs. Gu, and said: "Grandma Gu's back is not good, it's better to go back to the couch and lie down to recuperate, but don't send us away, so as not to make any mistakes." ”
Immediately, she leaned into Mrs. Gu's ear and whispered, "Grandma Gu, don't worry, my grandma doesn't know yet." ”
These words were like thunder, and Mrs. Gu stood on the spot.
Mrs. Ning also refused to let Mrs. Gu continue to send it, and got into the carriage with Ning Ningqing's hand.
On the return carriage, Mrs. Ning sighed suspiciously: "I look at it today, her face is really bad, her hair is a lot grayer, and even her back is a little bent, alas, she is really old, and she is useless......"
Ningxia Qingzui said sweetly: "When people are old, they won't be useless." As the saying goes, ginger is still old and spicy, and grandma is the backbone of the Ning family. ”
The carriage stopped in front of Ning's house, Cuiyu helped the old lady out of the car, Ningxia Qing didn't get down, and the sound of the carriage chasing behind him was immediately heard, and a mother-in-law lifted the curtain from the car and called: "Miss Ning, Miss Ning!" ”
When the carriage approached, the woman hurriedly got out of the car, rushed to Mrs. Ning, blessed herself, reported to her home, and then said: "My old lady still has some words, I just forgot to tell Miss Ning, please go with Miss Ning again." ”